Category: Personal
-
Olga de Dios: Celebrating Unique Voices in Children’s Literature
Books that promote positive self image, tolerance for mistakes, and embracing diversity are really important for making progress with speech delays in children. The biggest block is if they think it’s safer to not talk than be criticised. In this post, I focus on the works of Olga de Dios, a Madrid based author with…
-
Finding Hope in Life’s Revisions- on failure, fifth drafts and third acts
On resilience. In life, starting over again and again can be seen as inconsistency or failure. In writing and product design, it’s refinement.
-
Halloween “Go Fish” – A fun way to develop language and bilingualism
I designed a memory game that doubles as a simplified ‘Go Fish’ to help my daughter practice language skills. It’s fun and educational, with options for bilingual play. I’m sharing the files in English and Spanish for others to enjoy.
-
When TikTok Became the Hunger Games
TikTok may seem dystopian right now, but it’s causing the biggest shift to how we think of war since the invention of photography.
-
-
My “Lazy Girl” Approach to Fitness
On discovering that that switching to “easy and light” with workouts gives me faster results.
-
My mastodon instance is down..
So this –my federated blog on mastodon– is where you contact me. Or on my insta account. Mastodon is where I go to get emotional support when watching a genocide play out in real time. It’s the place where you can say “are you seeing what I’m seeing?” And not get swallowed up by trolls,…
-
Belonging: Nobody Feels like they belong, but everyone longs to belong
On belonging, for when you feel like you don’t belong. And what you need to belong, based on the research.
-
WIP: children’s book illustration
My mother used to read me an illustrated book of the rhyme “over in the meadow”, but I couldn’t find any editions with captivating imagery for my extremely short-of-patience daughter. It’s taken us until summer this year (her third year of life) for us be able to read entire stories to her as it is…
-
Subscribe
Enter your email below to receive updates.
Howlite & Coffee 